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They are alike familiar to the young ens thusiast who takes his first view of the affairs of this troublesome world through the rosy medium of fiction, and though hr enough part, and very diT rent in their climate, scenery, and population, Cley both form part of those scenes of an elder wirll to whose names still attaches a traditionary beauty and tenderness which the present has long oitlived. At this moment, however, the interest attaching to the conjunction of Circassia and Cypr us is of a very painful nature, and the chilly tempera, tare of these opening Nivember days may quicken ot a sympathy:for their wretchedness. A brave and herely people, they have fought resolutely for their 11b:rties, they have resisted the encroachments and the tyranny of Russia, according to the fashion of the day, totally unaided by any stronger Powers. rie game of Might against R 7 ght ended, as it too ofien does in this world, in their total discomfiture, and it only remained for the paternal Goverment of ilussia to fulfil its benevolent intentions towards them by driving them to wholesale expatriation. They started for the Turkish dominions, and the wretchedness of that journey was but feebly pour trayed by the casual reports that reached us in this coantry. Yet what wo learned was bad enough. Men, women, sick and aged 'persons, and children of tender years, set out on their miserable progress, and very soon the weaker ones succumbed to the want of the common necessaries of life. Ex posed to the severest privations is bitter weather, and undergoing great exertion, coupled to the depressing influence of their terrible position, it is ro great wonder that death and disease should speedily thin the ranks of the poor wayfarers. From an account j est published in the Levant Herald, it seems the end of their journey was not much better than the beginning. At the beginning of October the port of Larnaca, in Cyprus, was startled by the appear. ante of three small brigs, of about 200 tons each, which were towed by a Greek steamer, and laden with Circassian emigrants. It was said that nearly three thousand beings were crowded cm board these small vessels, and great alarm was in consequence excited. The masters of the vessels, for some un explained cause, gave out that their unfortunate passengers were desperate characters, and very eoon it got bruited about that they were fully armed. The arrival of two or three thousand dangerous per sons, of whom a large proportion were armed men, certainly seemed enough to arcuse the apprehen sions of a quiet population with only a few un trained soldiers to defend them. Other persons expressed their fears that the arrival of such a large body of sick and dying persons would affect the health of the town, and this was much nearer the truth, though, happily, none of the catastrophes anticipated have as yet occurred. Why the masters of the vessels should have made matters so mach worse than enough is not easy to guess, but the consequence was that all the thoughts of the inhabitants of Larnaca were for themselves and their own safety. They shut the shops and rushed to the authorities, entreating that the emigrants be forbidden to land until the next day, when the Governor was expected, The Consuls supported the rtviest, which was granted, but two lighters were nevertheless descried making for the shore. The people armed themselves with stones and other missiles to resist their landing, but happily all was changed by a person going out in a boat to meet the lighters, and persuade them to return. The master of the ship which they had left would not again receive the emigrants, but the visitor from Cyprus had seen enough to undeceive the terrified people. Those poor travellers, who had excited so much alarm, were in such a reduced condition that many of them had died from want of water, while there was plenty in the ship. For three days they had received none, and their weakness and helplessness was so great that they could not get it for themselves. Of the 2,700 souls who started with these ships only 1,344 landed at Larnaca, and of these forty or fifty died daily after their arrival. The shore meanwhile is strewed with the dead bodies of those who had been thrown overboard on their passage, and it is more than suspected that many of them went over alive. Some of these unfortunate emigrants had money about them, and it is thought that those in charge were not unwilling to make sure of their decease while they were their sole heirs and execu tors. It is said that the air around the quarantine was poisoned with the number of corpses, and people congratulated themselves that the season was so far advanced, since in the heat of summer there would have been good reason for fearing pestilence. Great indignation is expressed at the conduct of the Constantinople commission in sending 2,700 persons a voyage of two months in such small ves sels, and the masters are also severely blamed for taking so many. The conduct of the latter appears to have been most inhuman throughout, and the wretched Circassians will think the tender mercies of the Russians can be matched elsewhere. But while the EMPEROR of ALL the RUSSIAS is taking his pleasure on the Continent, and meeting every where with the respect and eager attention so great a potentate deserves, he will do well to remember that the sin and the wretchedness of this Circassian tragedy lie at his door, and that not all the thunders of despotic authority, or the flattery of a sycophantic retinue, can shift from him the weight of that ter rible responsibility. Mr. FERRAND cannot complain, at all events, that he had no one to hear him, for the crowd was so great that he himself could not get in for some time. The hon. member's remarks are always worth listening to, and those who may dissent from some of his extreme views may still admire his zeal and earnestness in advocating his opinioas. Uu Thursday evening he delivered a long address to his constituents, which appeared to g i ve th em satis faction. By this time public affairs have been so often reviewed that it seems like going over the same ground to peruse the speeches of hon. num bers on the subject, but it must be allowed that in this address, at Devon port, there was plenty of animation to give effect to the statement?, however wall ventilated they might be. Men of Mr FER. RAND'S stamp, besides, infuse their own energy into the subject matter that they have inland, and their particular views and individual opinions im part a character to what others might mix up as generalities, and treat as commonplace. Mr. FER-. RAND spoke in high spirits as to his successes in the cause of independence in the borough, and justly censured the spirit of exclusion, and the party tricks that had been tried so much of late. ' With respect to the prospects of the Ministry he was truthful, if not complimentary altogether, for he described Lord PALMERSTON as being i❑ a " dead lock," and no forwarder than he was in 1858. He alluded to the worst infliction that can befal a man in public life, his large possessions in the way of candid friends. Certainly the Premier has enough and to spare of these commo. dicks, and no apparent success can compensate for the. virtual defeat that such occurrences entail. Those who remember Mr BERNAL OSBORNE'S flashing speech the other day in which he disposed of all the Cabinet in a very effective style, and also the remarks of a disparaging nature which Have been so freely made in the House during the last session, can subscribe to the truth of Mr FERRAND'S criticism, when he said that the noble lord was " re• Tiled, abased, and insulted by his own political supporters, and several men of great talents and high position among their fellow countrymen were telling Lord PALM ERSTON that his political conduct was a disgrace to his Cabinet and the deepest injury to his country." It must be apparent to all impar tial observers that, whereas it is the fashion among a certain set of so-called Liberals to disparage the Conservatives by proclaiming their disunion, it is in reality upon the other side that we witness the most disaffection. Doubt less it is in consequence of the heterogenous nature of the component parts of the Ministerial section and its supporters, but so it is an undoubted fact, and an indisputable thing. No staunch mem ber of the Opposition can say anything half so bitter or personal against the Cabinet as we con stantly hear ennuneiated by the quasi friends of the Administration. Certainly no opponent can ever come up to a candid friend or a false supporter. Ic is, however, entirely the fault of the Ministers themselves that they stagger under the burden of such an infliction, and are subject to such adverse influences, for they have tried to do too much—to promise all and perform nothing. Mr. FERRAND aptly &fined their tolicy and ex , posed their tactics when he thotazed that they rim SUl', LONDON, SATURDAY 'EVENING, NOVEMBEIr 5, 1.864. LITERATURE. Harrison Ainsworth's New Romance. In the November number of Bentley's Miscellany the author of " Windsor Castle," " The Tower of London," " Old St. Paul's," " Guy Fawkes," " Saint James's," and of how many other world famous fictions, ranging from " Rookwood" to the " Constable of the Tower," from " Jack Shepherd' . to the " Lord Mayor of London"—begins, with all his wonted animation, a new Historical Romance ! The vivacity of Mr. Ainsworth's imagination seems in truth, to be inexhaustible. He has barely had time to conclude the unravelling of his last plot, when he is hard at work again . " weaving the warp and weaving the woof" of another ! And still to the last, as Et the first, his selection of his theme turns out, when we come to look at it, in every respect, most felicitous. His skill in choosing an incident, an epoch, or a personage for particular delineation by his hand-of-cunning as that of a recognised Master among Historical Romancists, we have al ways regarded as very remarkable. It amounts, this conspicuous skill in selection, to nothing less than a gift, and a gift, too, it should be said, of a most exceptional character. Hardly cyan we take up tha commencement of any new serial historical romance from the hand of Harrison Ainsworth - without marvelling that the subject of his choice should never have suggested itself to his predecessors in the same picturesque department of literature. And here, in the opening chapters of his new tale (half fact, half fiction) presented to the readers of Bentley's Miscellany, in thecurrent number of that periodical, is precisely a case in point. The wonder indeed here is that the subject of Mr. Ainsworth's new historical romance has been left intact for his selection. In all history it is, as a love incident, one of the most romantic that could well have been imagined. True no doubt that " The House of Seven Chimneys" relates only to the adventures of Jack and Tom Smith ! But—under those soubriquets who are the historical personages referred to ? Jack Smith turns out to be the travelling name of no less interesting a historical character than King Charles the First of England, when heir apparent. Tom Smith, his Highness's companion, proving to be that luckiest, handsomest, haughtiest of Court Fa vourites, George Villiers, Marquis and afterwards Duke of Buckingham. The exploits here adventured upon by Babie Charles and Steenie being none other than their renowned journey incognito to Madrid in quest of the Infanta's hand for the love-sick Prince of Wales ! Surely—as happy a theme for a historical romance as any yet thought of—even by William Harrison Ainsworth ! Surely —a marvel, now we come to think of it, a very marvel never before to have been dreamt of, as such, by any historical romancist prior to this popu lar celebrant of our public buildings and still more popular idealiser of our highwaymen ! In the open ing instalment of his new fiction, Mr Ainsworth vouchsafes us, in the November number of Bentley, no more than a couple of chapters. But they are chapters, these two, most propitious, as introductory • to a narration giving rare promise of enthralling interest. Even in the initial chapter, tke chief personages of the tale are introduced, Here is Mr. Ainsworth's brilliant pencilling of the hero of it— had bribed and bought over those who were danger ous, and now feeling themselves secure, as it were, they gave their professions the slip, and their plans the go-by. The hon. member turned Lord PALMERSTON'S own words against him when he said that the House bore a strong resemblance to a race-course ; in pursuing this simile he adduced as instances some of the most recusant members of the Cabinet, and declared that only five of them could be said not to have " voted." The immortal words of " Peace, Re trenchment, and Reform," which the noble Lords PALMERSTON and RUSSELL proclaimed as their orifiemm©, which was to lead on their followers to a policy crowned with success at home and accom panied with respect abroad, have often been made the subjects of criticism, censure, and ridicule ; and it was not to be expected that so great a master of satire as the hon. member for Devonport should neglect to avail himself of so admirable an oppore tunity of illustrating the full meaning of the tenor of his remarks, and displaying in its true colours the fair seeming and false conduct of Government. As for "peace," ho said we had had one continued series of little disgraceful, cold-blooded wars; and as to " retrenchment,"the Cabinet has been involved "in gross and corrupt jobs ;" and "reform," of course, offered a comprehensive field for scrutiny. If one thing more than another can justify a member of the Conservative ranks for heaping scorn and ridicule upon the present Cabinet, it is surely the manner in which they have comported them selves about Reform, in shelving the bill of Lord DERBY'S Government, and then in shirking the question themselves. It was, as Mr. FERRAND ob served, " shameful and impudent," and Earl Rus- SELL'S conduct may well be censured so often as the theme presents itself to notice ; and he has not improved his position by acting as here graphi cally described—" obtaining a comfortable seat in the House of Lords, going amongst his Scotch Reformers, and he who said he would not desert Reform in his old age, begs the Scotchmen to rest and be thankful.' " Making allowance for the party feeling which induced Mr. FERRAND to say that had Lord DERBY'S Government remained in office we should have had " genuine peace, searching retrenchment, and efficient reform," it may truly be affirmed that in all these particulars we could not have been worse off, and might pro bably have been better. For peace, purchased as ours is at present, is a disgrace and a calamity ; and as for home matters, no ono can do better than endorse Mr OSBORNE's statement, that we are in the " Slough of despond." Mr FLEMING, the proposed Conservative candidate at the next election, made a sensible speech upon the various topics of interest, and he very properly censured the Admiralty for the manner in which they had acted in the case of the Royal Sovereign, observing that if she were not to go to sea, they might as well test her capabilities of resisting shot. "It was quite as well to make a target of her es to let her rot at her moorings." It will be a just rebuke to the Government if they lose another seat at the approaching election, and judging by the temper of the assembly the other evening, they stand a pretty good chance of doing so. Lancaster was on Thursday last the scene of a most interesting spectacle, on the occasion of the inauguration of the Ripley Hospital. The opening of an institution of such extent and character must always be a pleasing spectacle, but there were many reasons for regarding the occasion as one of especial interest. M'. RIPLEY, a wealthy merchant of Liverpool, who was also a native of Lancaster, died some twelve years ago, leaving the bulk of a very considerable fortune to his widow. Mr. RIPLEY had been one of those who regard wealth as a higher trust than a mere personal gratification, and had long cherished the idoa of founding an asylum of this kind in his native town. Those intangible spectres called legal dlfficulties, however, interposed, and he ended by leaving his money to his wife— satisfied, no doubt, that she would spend it well and worthily. Mrs. RIPLEY, in accordance with what she knew to have been hor husband's wishes, prepared for the erection of this magnificent in. stitution soon after the means 'came into her hands, but before she could fu:fil her benevolent intention she had to encounter many difficulties. A Chancery suit was brought against her on the ground of a secret trust, which happily she was able to deny, and accordingly has retained the means to persevere in the good work which has now been brought to completion: Three hundred children, 150 boys and 150 girls, are to be clothed, maintained, and educated, so as to provide them with the means of gaining their own living, in this asylum. Orphans have a prior right, then motherless ohildren,and lastly, the children of indigent paren is No limit of sect is imposed, the only condition being that the children should belong to Lancaster or Liverpool. There is no fear but that its kindly shelter will be always needed, and many a poor, desolate little one will have to thank its care for giv ing that start in life which is so invaluable to the young. Mrs. RIPLEY may well feel rejoiced at having been able to accomplish so vast an under. taking, and Lancaster may be proud to number so admirable an institution among its trophies. RAILWAY ACCIDENTS, TO THE EDITOR. OP THE SUN. SIR, - -According to a late well known authority, it w'll be necessary for some person of rank to be seriously in jured by a railway accident before the authorities rill exert themselves in order to remove the cause which produced it, or to lessen the probability of its occurrence. During last year the Prince of Wales, and recently the Qieen, have narrowly escaped serious damage in consequence of animals straying upon the line of rails used by them respectively. The American simple and inexpensive plan of attaching an iron apparatus to the front of the engine would obviate this common danger by removing the cause. Why do not the railway authorities adopt th 3 plan in Britain ? If the plan is not sufficiently complete tor us, there is sufficient mechanical talent in this country to suggest and carry out an improvement. But the plan as it is answers in America, and I believe it world answer in Britain also, if fairly tried. —Yours obediently, exit. Cooxs, 4th November, 1864, THE Loss OF THE BRILLIANT.—The weather at Leith on Thursday being fine, with a calm sea, steamers and lighters were again out at the Brilliant, rad succeeded in saving a considerable portion of her cargo, found in the fore part of the ship. Parts of the machinery were also secured, together with the windlass and other fittings on deck. The after part of the vessel being partially submerged, oven at low tide, not much is expected to be saved from that part of the ship ; but, should the weather remain favourable for a few days, additional portions of the cargo and parts of the machinery will be reached and brought ashore.—Sect,inan. How A " COPPERHEAD" WAS SHAVED.—The Philadelphia North, American tells the following story :—" A well-l - rtown frequenter of Third-st:eot stopped yesterday in a barber's shop close to the North Amoica/4 balding, sat in a shat :ng chair, drew a newspaper from his pocket, and instructed the knight of the rez )r to take off his beard. The barber was an African. He simply replied, 'Yes, boss; and produced his implements, The customer sat down. He was duly shaved. His face was wiped, and he arose, donned his coat and hat. 'How much?' he asked, is a dolorous voice, as he adjusted his shirt collar. 'Frf• teen cents, boss," Why, I thought you shaved for ten cents at th;s shop.' ' Dat ar's de average, nil,' was the reply. ' Ten cents is de price of a shave in die yer shop. You come in here, sah, and read do news of Sheridan's victory, and your face got about sin inches longer dan when you coma in. It your face was like it was afore you read dat yar news ten cents was the price. When you commenced to read about do defeat of Early den you- face stretched down about four inches. Dat's what makes it wurf 15 cents for der shave.' The cus' onor couldn't restrain a grin, though he was a Copperhead, and the hit at him was made by a ' nigger.' He laid down the fee and walked out. He eras lone of those gentlemen who go thdr length upon I\l'elellan, and who of COU;SO shudder at every victory to the Union arm." CHARLES I. WHEN PRINCE OF WALES. The individual to whom those words were addressed, was a young man about two-and-twenty, whose noble linea ments and dignified deportment proclaimed him of the highest rank. In fact, he looked infinitely more like a king than the old monarch near whom he stood. His fee. tures were characterised by a gravity far beyond his years, and a shade of melancholy sat upon his brow, heightening the interest inspired by his handsome and thoughtful coun tenance. His oyes were largo and black, his forehead lofty and capacious, denoting the possession of a powerful intel lect, while his looks breathed taste and refinement. Mou staches and a pointed beard harmonised well with his some what lengthy visage, and his dark locks, divided above the temples, fell down in ringlets upon the starched lace ruff encircling his throat, and which served as a frame to hie comely head—a head, once seen, never to be forgotten. His complexion was pale, inclining to swarthiness—a hue of skin supposed to belong to one of saturnine temperament. He was about the middle height, but held hims )1f so erect ;hat ho seemed taller than ho was in realit.y. His figure was slender, but berfectly proportioned, and .his demeanour, as we have intimated, full of grace and majesty. His habiliments were of white velvet, and became him well, the doublet and hose being puffed with azure silk, and the mantle lined with the same stuff. His sole ornament was the diamond star upon his cloak. And—as a companion picture to the foregoin g —take the follow - lag yet more highly elaborated sketch of— Tit& FAVOIIRITE-BUCKINGIIA.M. The prince's companion was likewise very handsome— hansomer, indeed, than the prince —but he lacked the dig nity of manner and singularly high-bred look that dis tinguished Charles. He was in the prime of manhood, being the prince's senior by about eight or nine years, and possessed a figure of unequalled symmetry. Well-favoured, however, as he was in form and feature, his haughty man ner marred the effect of his good looks. His magnificent person needed no embellishment, yet his attire was splendid, his pink satin doublet and hose being covered with gems, while chains of large orient pearls hung from his neck down to his very girdle, which was likewise encrusted with precious stones. To the extraord inary personal advantages we have described, George Villiers, Marquis of Buckingham — for he it was—added great accomplishments, mental as well as bodily. Clear-sighted, keen - witted, eloquent, and if not learned or profound, he had art enough to hide his a m n Sir Walter Raleigh. defi ciencies. He was expert in all manly exercisatesthe ;r o t d i better l e yar , a th n a d n d a a n n y ce o d n m e at or e co g u ra rt e , et w uuy won all th the prizes Seven years ago, on his first appearance at court, where ho was introduced as a rival to the then reigning favourite, Carr, Earl of Somerset, young Villiers's remarkable graces of person and captivating manner at once attracted the king's notice, and his rise was incredibly rapid. Favours were lavished upon him by the infatuated monarch ; he was en nobled, and eventually raised to the highest posts in the state. To enumerate all the important offices with which he had been gratified by hie doting master would be tedious, but it may be mentioned, in order to give an idea of his power and greatness at the period in question, that ho was Lord High Admiral of England, Lord Warden of the Cinque Ports, Constable of the Castle of Dover and of the royal Castle at Windsor, Lord President of the Council of War, Knight of the Garter, and first minister. Besides all these and many other posts and honours, he had a dukedom in expectancy. Since his aggrandisement, however, Buckingham's cha racter had materially changed. Affable at first to all, he had become excessively haughty and domineering, being inso lent even to his royal master. Boundlessly profuse in ex penditure, and insatiate, he well nigh drained James's coffers. His entertainments were superb, surpassing in splendour those of the king. Ins retinue was that of a prince; his carriage was drawn by six horses, and if he rode forth a large escort attended him. No wonder that his insufferable arroganc e and imperious deportment alienated his parti sans and increased the number of ' his enemies—no w on d er that his overthrow was frequently attempted. In vain. Buckinghamproved too strong for his enemies. Fav our i te alike of father and son, of the king and the heir to the thr one, he derided all opposition. Before the second of the two chapters now pub lished, has been brought to its close, Jack and Tom Smith are fairly 4g cif upon their renowned love adventure! Mr Buller, of the W es tern Circuit, has been appointed Recorder o f Poole, in the place o f M r J ames Stephen, who had resigned,—Law limes of this day. DREADFUL OCCURRENCE AT QUEBEC.—A Que bec paper gives the folbwing account of a landslip which recently occurred i n th at city :—About a quarter to fi ve p.m. an immense mass of rock loosened from the face of the cliff, rolled d own w i t h a terrifie crash upon the street, bene a th, completely crushing the two houses, No. 58 and GO, Champlain-street, and considerably damaging No. 51, adjoining'on the west side. The latter building bad the b ac k wall complete l y crus h e d i n , th e front bulged out, an d a vast fissure in the gable, render i ing it utterly un sa f e f or habitation. Th e d es t ruc ti on o f the two houses w as complete. A mass o f ru i ne d masonry, with ragments of beam s, floors, and articles of furniture marked the spot o ccup i ed a few momen t s before by th e homes of happy f a mili es. The inma t es o f No. GO esca p e d uninjured. The next building, No. 58, was occupied by Mr J. Ranieri. The ground fl at o f t hi s house was occupied by a sub-tenant, Patrick 1-11.'Cann, and his family, and attics by anather sub-tenant, nam e d D eegan , with his family. Hay den was killed, as was also his wife and daughter, and a daughter of his tenant, 11.1 Tann. Among the wounded was a little boy of Hayden's, who was considerably cut about the face. ldra INPCann was also severely injured, and was sent to tha hospital, Two young children of the M'Cann family were also taken out slightly hurt. The case of Hay den is particularly melancholy. A moment before the acci dent occurred he was in conversation with a neighbour,and, observing stones rolling down the cliff, he remarked that there was some danger of a landslip. lie then went into his own home, but had hardly got inside is the door when the awful avalanche came down upon his house, burying 1141114dt and lug wife and child beneath." LATEST INTELLIGENCE. (REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.) THE FRANCO-ITALIAN CONVENTION, NOTE OF M. DROUYN DE LHUYS. PARIS, Nov. 5. M. Drollyn de Lhuys addressed a note to M. de Malsret, the French Ambassador at Turin, on the 30th ult., of which the following is a summary : The note of Cavalier di Nigro, dated 16th Sep tember, neither completely represents the aspect of our negotiations, nor the sense which we attach, and which Italy ought to attach, to the engage ments of the Convention. The impression produced on both sides of the Alps proves this. The confusion arises from the ambiguity of some vague expressions. In the words " National rights and National aspirations," everybody reads what ho fears or desires. There is some difficulty in explaining how Italian Royalty can one day be at Rome, when it appears to have engaged itself not to go there; for such anticipations do not naturally result from an examination of the Convention. Still these subtle problems none the less distract the public mind. It is for events to resolve them. Neither loyalty nor prudence permits a solution to be prematurely sought for in vain hypothesis. I have therefore called forth proper explanations in order to remove rash or injurious inductions. These explanations may be summarised in the following propositions :—ltaly undertakes to forego the employment of the mat ceavres of revolutionary agents upon Pontifical territory, as well as every excitement tending to produce an insurrectionary movement. The moral means which Italy reserves to herself coneist only in the force of civilisation and 'progress. The only aspirations which the Court of Turin considers legitimate are those whose object is the reconciliation of Italy with the Papacy . The transfer of the capital is a serious guarantee, but neither a provincial expedient nor a halting place. To suppress this pledge would be to destroy the contract. France reserves to herself the liberty of action in the event of a revolution at Rome. The Turin Cabinet maintains the policy of Cavour, who declared that Rome could not be united to Italy nor become the capital without the consent of France. These are the different points which I have treated with Cavalier di Nigro, and upon which it appeared to me that we fully agreed. We do not reproach M. di Nigra with not having protested in his report against the use of fraudulent means,:nor with having mentioned the possibility of the fall of the temporal po aver through an insur rection in the interior not provoked by foreign agitation. We think with Cavalier di Nigra that the dignity of the contracting parties, and a feel. ing of expediency do not admit of such eventualities being mentioned in diplomatic documents. An ex cess of precaution becomes:in certain cases injurious. B ut on account of the suppositions entertained by the extreme parties, we earnestly wish that this question should become clearly understood by the debates in the Italian Parliament. A second despatch of M. Drouyn de Lhuys, dated 2d Oct., addressed to Baron de Malaret, says : "I have been of opinion, common with Cavalier di Nigra, that the best means of finally terminating all divergences would be to exchange fresh expla nations on the subject is the presence of the Em. peror, which was accordingly done yesterday. The Conference began by the reading of the report which Cavalier di Nigra had sent to Turin. "I then communicated my own despatches, which were approved of by the Emperor. Cavalier di Nigra then read a letter addressed by him on the 30. h October to General La Marmora, which, in stating the engagement of the Court of Turin, re• plied at the same time to the observations which his despatch of the 15th September had caused me to make. " I reverted to my previoas explanations, and then resumed the examination of the different points summarised in my despatches of the 30th October, which I now confirm, and to which I refer you. On all these points we have concurred, and this has been stated in a telegram sent by Cavalier di Nigra to Turin." FRANCE. BOURSE, Nov. 4.—The Bank of France has re duced its rate of discount to 7 per cent., the charge for advances on Securities still remaining as before at 8 per cent. The market opened with firmness, and Threes, for the Account, improved to 65f. 10e. Sales for realisation have since caused them to re cede, and they are now unvaried at 64f. 95f. The Mobilier, which had been done at 900 f., is now at 890 f. The Railway Market has been similarly acted on ; and many of the lines, which at first went up, are now a shade lower. The market closed as follows : 41 per Cents .. 91 95 Italian Loan — Do. end month.... Do. end month 65 85 3 per Cents Do. end2rnonth.... 61 95 New Mexican .... 481 Credit kobilier.... 890 Russian Do. end month.... 885 Austrian Bank Shares 3395 Spanish Threes.... Credit Foncier 1165 Rome Debt - Roman RAIL' rAYS. Cash. Account. 835 842 50 Northern Lyons and Mediterranean 887 50 .. 892 50 Southern 5BO 887 50 Western .. Eastern •• . • Sardinian .. Austrian Loirbard North of Spain Saragossa.. 465 .. 465 Ditto to Barcelona LITERARY AND SCIENTIFIC MEETINGS FOR NEXT WEEK.—MOW:ay—Entomological, at 7. Royal Institu tion, at 2, general monthly meeting. Tuesday—A nthropo. logical, at 8, Inhabitants of Yiti Islands,' Mr Plitchard ; ' Astronomy of the Red Man,' Mr Bollaert. Zoological, at 9, Anthrophoid Apes,' Professor Huxley; Balrenidos in Museums of Holland and Belgium ;" New Species of Grampus," Mr Flower; Birds of Palestine,' Rev H. B, Tristram. Syro-Egyptian, at 7x, 'Fragments of Egyptian Sculpture, Portico, Bath Museum,' Mr Bonomi. Ethnolo. gical, at 8, ' Report of Proceedings at Bath ;" Rude Tribes, S. Ir dia,' Dr Shortt ; ' Fixity of Type,' Rev F. W. Farrar. 17ccLusdly—Sooiety:of Literature, at 41. Geological, at 8, ' Fossil Corals from Jamaica,' Mr Diracan ; Correlation of the Irish Cretaceous Beds,' Mr Sate; 'Earthquake at St Helena, Aug. 15, 1864,' Sir C. Elliott, Fridry-.A.atrono mical, at B.—Athenccu7n. FORCED TO TIIE " ALTAR."—Oa Monday morn ing, a youthful couple, with attendant groomsman and bridesmaid, set out for the register-office, at Merthyr, to be united in the holy bond of matrimony. On the way, however, it was deemed necessary ) screw their courage to the sticking point to bravo the trying ordeal by a draught of some stimulant. For the purpose of accomplishing this the whole party turned into an inn, and called for the necessary liquor. Whilst musing on the approaching end of his bachelor he )d the bridegroom suddenly got up and sworethat ho would not bo a fool nor a " deluded victim" that day. The bride demanded an explanation, and her beloved said that, after giving the matter consideration, he had come to the conclu sion that the sacrifice was greater than ho could bear, and ho could not, nay, would not marry her. The ladies were in a fix, when the groomsman hit on a plan, and told the ladies to go and walk boldly into the register office. They did so. Hiving persuaded his friend that he had got rid of them, he got the bridegroom to welk !nto the street with hir, and cautiously ho led him towards the dreaded gozl. When close to it the faithless swain turned into a publichouse, but was promptly stopped by his best man, who, on this occasion, proved his better man, and seh..ing him with a firm grasp, carried him across the road and thrust him into the office, where he was confronted by his trembling spouse, and awed into obedience by the presence of the registrar, who speedily bound them "indissolubly firm," Some time ago a couple went from Peurheolgerrig to be married, but the bridegroom walked off with the money which the bride had given him to pay the registrar, and lost it in playing pitch and toes with his companions. The wedding had thus to be put off till the next day, when the young woman kept a sharp look out for her lord, nor lett him till she had secured Ms person if not his allegitruce.— Brtsto‘ .P 94. The Funeral of Mr. John Leech. Yesterday morning the remains of the late Mr. John Leech were consigned to their last resting place in All Souls' Cemetery, Kensal.green. Many carriages and a larger concourse of mourning friends than is common on such occasions attended his body to the cemetery chapel, and, as they passed along on their melancholy errand, there was a masked and unusual manifestation of sympathy on the part of the tenants of the thoroughfares thrcugh which they proceeded to the cemetery. It was as if the latter knew that a great artistic genius had ceased to exist, and were deeply interested in the tribute which his friends and admirers were thus paying to his cherished memory. There was no mistaking the sentiment of those who lined the roads or thronged the paths up to the cemetery chapel. The procession arrived at the gate of the cemes tery shortly after half-past one. The carriages passed up the broad roadway towards the north of the cemetery, and drew up in front of the chapel, the bell of which had been mournfully tolling while the procession was slowly moving onwards. The pall-bearers were :—Mr. Mark Lemon, Mr. Shirley Brooks, Mr. Tom Taylor, Mr. J. E. Mil lais, R A., Mr. Horace Mayhew, Mr. F. M. Evans (Bradbury and Evans, proprietors of Punch), Mr, John Tenniel, Mr. Samuel Lucas, Mr. F. C. Bur nand, and Mr. Henry Silver. There were seven mourning coaches, the first three being occupied by members and friends of the deceased's family, including Mr. John Leech (his father), Captain Charles Eaton and Mr. T. Eaton (his brothers-in law), Mr. Hayward, Mr. Armstrong, Dr. Quain, Dr. Walsh, Mr. Hutchinson, Mr. John Denton, Mr. Charles Adams, &c. In the last four car riages were 16 gentlemen, all more or less, with one exception, associated with Mr. Leech in his relation to Punch, the exception being the Rev. S. R. Hole, who real the service over the grave. The first of these four carriages were occupied by Mr Shirley Brooks, Mr Evans, Mr J. E. Millais, R A., and the Rev. Mr Hole; the second by Mr Tom Taylor, Mr S. Lucas, Mr John Tenniel, and Mr H. Mayhew; the third by Mr H. Silver, Mr C. Keene, Mr F. C. Burnand, Mr W. Bradbury, jun., and Mr G. Da Maurier ; the fourth by Mr Mark Lemon, Mr R. H. Howard, Mr Evans, jun., and Mr F, Joyce. In the cemetery among the crowd were Captain Sherard Osborn and Comman der Heath, R.N. ; Mr Charles Dickens, Mr Dallas, Mr W. H. Russell, Mr P. Leigh, Mr W. Topham, Mr Edmund Yates, Mr German Reed, Mr H, K. Browne (Phiz), Mr J, C. Parkinson, Mr A. Halli day, Mr W. P. Frith, R.A., Mr T. Landseer, the Rev. Mr Lyte, Mr Gruneisen, Mr George Cruick shank, Mr G. Turner, Mr Creswick (the tragedian) Mr Richard Doyle, Mr Marcus Stone, Mr W. Brun ton, Mr G. Hodder, Mr Blackett (Hurst and Blac kett), Dr Hood, Mr O'Neil, Mr Elmore, Mr George Russell, Mr Freeman, the Rev. Mr Gibson, Mr A. Lewis, Mr W. King, the Rev. Horace Roberts, the Rev. Mr Currey (preacher at the Charterhouse), Mr F. Knyvett, Mr A. 13. Kelly, Mr O'Dowd and Mr Orridge (barristers), Mr Gilbert, Mr E. Murray, Mr Philip, R.A., &c. The arrangements for the funeral were conducted by Mr W. Garstin, of Welbeck-stroet. The hearse used on this occasion was the same that conveyed the remains of the late Douglas Jerrold to the grave. It was not the unsightly oblong box upon wheels which is usually employed at funerals in this country, but a light open carriage, of a gracefully curved shape, having on each side an escutcheon with the initials J. L., and the coffin and pall being fully visible. As soon as the coffin was placed upon the trestles and the mourners had taken their places, the friends of the deceased entered the chapel, while the first part of the Burial Service was solemnly read by he Rev. Charles Stuart, of King's College, London. The remainder of the service was read at the grave itself by the Rev. S. R. Hole, an intimate and che rished friend of the deceased, and the coffin was loviered into the grave with an accompaniment of visible emotion on the part of those surrounding it, which is rarely witnessed at the interment of either a good or a great man, but which was singularly intensified here where the good and great man were one, How many who locked down into that deep grave recalled the familiar charm of their life, hich they owed to the cunning of that practised hand, which lay there still and motionless! How many, above the average even of a popular man!s friends, bewailed the fatal numbness of that manly and tender heart ! "For Lycidas was dead, dead ere hi 4 prime, Young Lycidas, and had not left his peer: Who would not sing for Lycidas?" Who would not rather mourn when a spirit so gentle and graceful had passed away, and even it mortal frame had gone forth from our sight for ever P He was buried with one grave only between him and Thackeray, who was his schoolfellow at Char ter-house and his attached friend through life. It was no further back than the commencement of this very year that he stood weeping for his friend, pro bably on the very spot where his own monument will be erected. Metropolitan Board of Works. The ordinary weeEy meeting of the Metropoli tan Board of Works was held yesterday at their offices, Spring gardens ; Mr John Thwaites, the chairman, presiding. The financial statement showed that the cash balances in the hands of the treasurer were—on current accounts, X 363,611 12i 91; on deposit ac counts, £I7G 800 ; and on Government securities, £107,244 183 20. THE DEPUTATION OF THE BOARD TO CARLISLE AND EDINBURGH. Major LYON wished to know who bore the ex pense of the deputation to Carlisle and Edinburgh to inspect the drainage works of those places, and whether the Board paid for those members who stayed down there for their own pleasure.. The CHAIRMAN said that the expense of the deputation down and back was borne by the board, but the arrangement that was made was that there should be just sufficient time allowed to inspect the works, and return, and that - those who chose to stay longer were to pay all extra expenses. Several members had availed themselves of the opportu nity to take a little pleasure, and had paid the ex tra money for it, Mr CItELIN and Mr 11. LOWMAN TAYLOR, Who were unable to go, expressed their sat; ;faction at the errangemeut. The CHAIRMAN said that a report of their in epeeion uid bo drawn up and laid before the board. THE THAMES EMBANKMENT AND THE PRESS. The CHAIRMAN called attention to the fact, that an his return from Edinburgh he saw two letters in the morning papers, one from their engineer and one from the engineer of the Tnames _Conservancy. It appeared to him that there was some official irregularity, and he should like to ask their engi neer whether he had any knowledge of them. Mr SAVAGE said he hed become acquainted with the letters from seeing them in the papers, and he wished to know whether they were a part of the official correspondence of the board, and whether they were on the minutes of their procLedings. The CHAIRMAN said they were a portion of the co-respondence of the board, but had not yet been read, and wore consequently not on their minutes. Ho wanted to know from Mr Bazalgotte whether he sent those letters, or whether he had any know. ledge of how they got into the papers. Mr BAZALGETTE said he had no knowledge of how they got into the papers, for he had sent none, The CHAIRMAN said there was no objection to the public being acquainted with the nature of those letters, but ho thought there had been some official irregularity somewhere, and that attention should be drawn to it. Mr H. L. TAYLOR was certain the information had emanated from one board or the other, and it was right that the matter should bo inquired into. Their engineer had disclaimed all know ledge of the letters being published, and it was right they should know it any person had got in formation for supplying the public press before it got to the board. He moved that the enhject be referred to the Thames Embankment Committee. Mr ROBERT TAYLOR seconded the motion, which was carried unanimously. t ITPir m • 0.1111, HER MAJESTY. WINMOB CASTLE, NOV* 1 . ,,' Her Majesty, accompanied by their 11° I ii Highnesses Princess Helena and Prince LOP °. went to Wellington College today. The suite in attendance consisted of the CO O , of Caledon, the Hon. Flora Macdonald, Colonel Hon. Sir C. B, Phipps, Lord Charles Fi!zroll Colonel the Hon. A. Hardinge. The Queen, on arriving at the college, Wow I eeived by the R3v. E. W. Thnson, head master's went over the whole of the establishment. 0 Her Majesty went by special trains of the Or i Western and South-E astern Railways, and refer, by the road. Her Royal Highness Princess Louise vi'enti driving. Prince Albert Victor also took a carriage dri Visit of Her Majesty to Wellington Coliee a Yesterday morning her Majesty, accompani er !' their Royal Highnesses Princess Helena and Ft Leopold, and attended by Colonel the Hon. S it B. Phipps, Lord C. Fitzroy, Colonel Hardive, Countess of Caledon, and the Hon. Flora I • donald, left Windsor Castle about ten o'clocX the purpose of paying a visit to Wellington Cal l The royal party drove from the Castle in t ll° the carriages belonging to the Queen's estebl . ment to the Windsor Station of the Great Wes t Railway, where a special train, furnished bll South. Eastern Railway Company, consisting ° engine, two saloons, the royal saloon (a most gant carriage, lined with rich amber coloured and beautifully ornamented with panel paint il i in the centre, two firsteclass carriages, and break vans, was in readiness, under the chafe Mr Knight, the traffic superintendent of the Se, Eastern Railway ; Mr. Tyrrell, the superinte n ' —Mr Kelley, the divisional superintendent , Messrs. Burlingson and Matthews of the (f Western Railway—while Mr. T. W. Wright t charge of the engine on behalf of the latter lie' Her Majesty, the prince and princess, and s t , on arriving at the terminus, immediately alio o from the carriages which had brought thet h i the Castle, and, passing through the private ing room to the platform, carpeted with al% cloth, when the court and railway official s stationed themselves, at once took their seats l e royal train. The special train left Windsor at 10.15, and,1 1 ,4 ceeded along the narrow gauge rails of the u o t Western Railway at a moderate pace, via s'° Junction, after leaving which the speed 0 quickened, and the royal train, rapidly 1 15f4 ' .. 1 Maidenhead and Twyford, soon arriv ed Reading, where, under the superintende nce t e Mr Carter, the station-master, a Sauth -3° o engine was attached to it, and the train sh e from the Great Western Railway to Reading branch of the SoutheEestern systera. 10 .1 journey was then continued via E irley and AV ham, past the picturesque estate of Beareve ° oi the Wellington College Station, where the t o p passengers arrived at half-past eleven. here preparations had been made by Mr. Tyleh e p station-master, the platform having been cols for the reception of the Queen. In the statice . 'i two of the Queen's carriages, which had bee e il f spatched from Windsor, were waiting the al i t of the royal travellers. Both were open, he r t oi jesty being drawn by four grey horses; the ° O O for the suite, by the same number of bays. A lth 4 it was scarcely known in the quiet neighhe tirP ti` of the college that the Queen intended visit iv t r e te‘ establishment, most of the inhabitants had d ' fe near the little station and on the railway h" 1 catch a glimpse of royalty and welcom e Sovereign. vri Oa quitting the train, her Mejestyl epd° Helena, and Prince Leopold, with Lady „ e , N # entered the first carriage, th e sec o n d b e i ng by Colonel Phipps, Colonel Hardinge, and the o il Flora Macdonald, and a few mi nu t es a f t er i %ej the royal cortege swept alon g th e narrow ee °- / t road, skirted by the dark fi r -t rees , on its Wt' l‘ that noblest monument o f one of Begji e e greatest heroes, Wellington Coll eg e. The °° ,lo the foundation-stone of which was laid by Prince Consort, is an erection of red br ie " o ti stone, of considerable extent, and, being ° it 'd almost in the midst of a barren /for/ country, interspersed with fir woods, o il , rather a conspicuous object from the a d ford and Reading Railway. About a q uart twelve the royal party arrived at the Queen'sitl e the principal entrance on the north front °l4l building, when, on leaving the equipage, I° ,l o o jesty, the members of the royal family an 8, were received by the Rev. E. W. Benga l ', o il ' Principal of the College, Mrs. Benson and 1, 0 0 Miss Benson, and Mr. Lyne, the college at e , Her Majesty, very graciously conversing W lfr o lii and Mrs, Benson, then comm ence d her ineP e ,tb . of the various arrangements of the colleg e ( 0 being the Queen's first v i s it s i nce the death ° A i' Prince Consort. The " g r e at school," a buil dl s l l the middle of the quadrangle, with the bols i/li d their lessons, was first examined, the roya l It next proceeding through the dormitories, 36 thence into the masters' dining-hall and lq t ' DI? son s private class room s . Wh a t appeared' 0 1 ever, most to attract th e ro y a l a tt en tion V is o iti boys' dining-hell, a splendid chamber, with tion oak roof, panelled, and p ave d with ec' l° 4 ( encaustic tiles, in which tables were laid I . o o o ' dinlng upwards of 250 of the collegians. F r° o6 ll latter the royal party passed to the kitchen' ,F ll it being a " boil e d- mea t d a y,'' three large e ° 'o / were bubbling fist, the odour from whl° ll l excellent tokens of the quality of the forth e ' o ti t repast. Passing through a corridor on the e ,, fl os side of the buildi ng , th e Q ueen reac h e d the 1 P" 8 11 where Mr. Spurting, th e libra r i an , s howed ti vit ) ' eau) the coat worn during service by the late # 6 of Wellington, which is preserved and shat l G t e relic of the hero in whose memor y the al?" been founded. From the library the rola' 'oi l proceeded to the pretty little chapel (one of e. 1 A worko, at the entrance to which her Maje -t o met by the two vergers, Messrs Richard s° , Holder, and conducted through the sacred e al l, the stone carving of the walls and the fin e I A work of the masters' stalls attracting nottell bt sion. Mr T. Edmonds, the organist of the 6 0 11 was in attendance, and had the honour of P e p 6 in the Queen's presence, au a nd a nte movev 3 Stephens and an extempore solo on the to From the chapel the royal party walked 5° 01 1 4 grounds on the south of the college, whole i v', temporary inspection of a new house which le „sir built for the residence of the principal, 004 d i to the sanatorium, a detached building on th e el of the college, a visit to Mr Benson's resid eliv ing the inspection. ta re Just before her Majesty took her dep af scholars of the college were drawn tin dread assistant masters and prefects, across the qa . 4109 in front of the Queen's-gate, and in a few , t pjef ) afterwards the boys were given a half-he`ico honour of her 'Majesty's visit, upon W I/ at e . 1 youngsters rushed in high glee from the g c ed stationed themselves on both sides of th e r which the royal party were to return. Shortly afterwards, at a quarter to .ijvce Majes;,y, with the Princess Helena and ro o d pold, having taken leave of the principa l tbe f Benson, entered the carriages in whic h ro ol' ip been driven from the station, and left 1 :1 o iles s Blackwater, for Windsor Castle, th e c lett heartily cheering the royal party as th e y building. Her Majesty arrived at the Castle ill t he of the afternoon. as His Excellency tho Russian Ambassa-Sioro Baroness Brunnow are expected to ar rive 5t !or House on Wednesday next, from Brighton, tql 3ere t been sojourning for the st few week ß ea ufort IN s. r The Duke and D la uchess of Gopsall to-day or to-morrow, on a'4 iSit to Lord ter n Londesboreugh, at Grinistou Park, near sbire. t tti er The Marquis of Hastings has arri ccd George's llotvl.